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Sewer investigation getting bigger

By adam beam | Published: December 10, 2008
Court documents released Wednesday indicate DHEC could be looking at the Town of St. Matthews as part of its investigation of Data Resources, an environmental company accused of falsifying records at Columbia’s sewer plant. Luke Mathis, a.k.a. former employee #2, told investigators that: “The town of St. Matthews was another client of Data Resources, Inc. He [...]
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City reassigns sewer employee pending investigation

By adam beam | Published: December 8, 2008
An assistant superintendent at Columbia’s sewer plant has been reassigned pending the outcome of a criminal investigation into improper record keeping and illegal dumping. Laxmi Nagaraj has not been charged with a crime, but he is mentioned throughout a search warrant affidavit that state and federal investigators used to search the Columbia Metro Wastewater Treatment [...]
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More on the DHEC/EPA investigation into Columbia's sewer plant

By adam beam | Published: December 5, 2008
According to The State’s Tim Flach (who is also a contributor to Metro Desk): One sewer plant worker in Cayce was questioned Thursday by DHEC officials about operations in Columbia when he worked there, Cayce city manager John Sharpe said. Sharpe said he didn’t know more. Efforts to reach the worker were unsuccessful. Officials in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington and [...]
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EPA monitoring Columbia sewer discharge

By adam beam | Published: December 5, 2008
The Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its investigation into pollution and improper record keeping at the Columbia Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant, has set up a device at the plant that is testing the discharge into the Congaree River, according to Thom Berry, spokesman for the Department of Health and Environmental Control. According to a search [...]
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Trouble at Columbia's wastewater treatment plant

By adam beam | Published: December 4, 2008
DHEC and EPA officials are serving search warrants at Columbia’s wastewater treatment plant as part of a joint investigation involving records keeping, according to Thom Berry, spokesman for the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The officers have been there since 8 a.m. today. The road leading to the treatment plant is closed. City officials, including [...]
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